258 I- Vertebrata. 



Fain. Muridae. 



Alston, Edward, R., Note on Perognatlius bicolor of Gray, in: Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. 

 Aug. 1880. p. 118 119. Gray's animal was not a Perognatlius from Honduras 'Salle), 

 but a Heteromys from Venezuela (Dyson). 



Altum, Bernh., Unsere Mause in ihrer forstlichen Bedeutung nach amtlichen Berichten liber 



den MausefraC 1878/79. Berlin. Springer. 1880. 8. ;Tit. Vonv. 3 Bl. 76 p.; Ex Anz. 



Jentink, F. A., Arvicola ratticeps, eene voor de Fauna van Nederland nieuwe soort. in: Tijd- 



schrift van de Ned. Dierk. Vereeniging. 1880. Deel V. p. 105 110; with two figures. 



Arvicola ratticeps was still living in Holland in the years 1835 1836. The other 



species found in that country are : Arvicola ampkibius, arvalis, agrestis and glareolus. 



Semper, G'., Uber eine charnoisfarbene Spielart der Hausmaus. in: Der Zoologische Garten. 



Nr. 12. 1880. p. 360362. 



Tenison-Woods, J, E., On some Posttertiary Fossils from New-Caledonia, in : Proc. Lin. Soc. 

 of New-South-Wales. Vol 4. 1879. p. 360. 



The only Mammalian remains are those of Rodents, belonging to a species of Rat. 

 very nearly, if not entirely identical with the common domestic Rat. 

 Gestro, R., Annali del Mus. Civ. di St. Nat. di Genova. Vol. 15. 1880. p. 122. 'By a mistake 

 recorded in the Zoologischer Jahresbericht" for 1879.) 



Hitherto the exact locality where Lophiomys Imhausii, described in 1867 by 

 A. Milne-Edwards, is to be found, was unknown. Gestro relates that a specimen 

 with skeleton is in the collections of the Museo Civico di Genova. This specimen was 

 collected by 0. Antinori and 0. Beccari in the Country called Keren, North- Abys- 

 sinia, Juni 1870. 



In the Notes from the Leydeu Museum, Vol. 2. 1880. Note IV., p. 13 20, 

 F. A. Jentink describes the following new species of Mice, viz: MusDiardii, West- 

 Java, p. 13: Mus neglectus. Borneo, p. 14: Mus ephtppium, Sumatra, p. 15: 

 Musjessook, New-Hebrides, p. 15: Mm Miilleri , Sumatra, p. 17: Mus lepturus, 

 Java, p. 17: Mus ruber, New-Guinea, p. 18. 



Mus Huege.li n. sp. 0. Thomas, from Ovalau, Fiji-Islands. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lon- 

 don. 1880. p. 1112. With a woodcut. 

 Mus Beccarii Jentiuk = Mus leucopus Jentink (not Gray) . Notes from the Leyden 



Museum. 1880. Vol. 2. p. 11. 

 Nesomys betsileoensis n. sp., E. Bartlett, from S. E. Betsileo, Madagascar. Proc. 



Zool. Soc. London. 1879. p. 770. 

 Ctenomys fueyinus n. sp. R. A. Phi lip pi, from S. America, Tierra del Fuego. Archiv 



f. Naturgeschichte. 1880. p. 276279. pi. XHI. (figs, of the Skull.) 

 Arvicola Guentheri n. sp. Charles G. Danford and Edward R. Alston, from Asia 

 Minor. Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1880. p. 62 64. plate V. - This species 

 is perhaps the Arvicola leucura Severtzoff, but this name, being preoccupied by 

 A. leucura Gerbe, must at all events be altered. 1. c. p. 64. 



Arvicola Blanfordi, n. sp. John Scully. Hab. Gilgit. Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. 

 Nov. 1880. p. 399. 



Arvicola Stracheyi, n. sp. Oldfield Thomas. Hab. Northern India, Kuinaon. Ann. 

 a. Mag. of Nat! Hist. Oct. 1880. p. 322324. 



Pachyuromys n. g. Lataste. Dentition: Inc. f , c. , m. f . Incisors white, very 

 arched ; ears rounded , as long as the fur, very concave ; legs short but stout, 

 tarsi very short. Four fingers to the fore legs and five to the hinder ones, claws 

 arched and pointed. Tail short, club-shaped. Bullae auditoriae prolonged back- 

 wards. Pachyuromys Duprasin. sp. Hab: Algerian Sahara. Le Naturaliste . 15No- 

 vembre 1880. p. 313 315. 



